From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Requesting a drawing for a low inertia slipper wheel adapted to a stiffer crankshaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\2\ Scan049 | |
| Date | 4th September 1929 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X7010 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/MJ.4.9.29. S.S. STIFFER CRANKSHAFT. ------------------------- X. 7010 X. 4499 When we bring in the stiffer crankshaft we propose to incorporate the low inertia slipper wheel. We consider this is most urgent, and we should be obliged if you would issue a drawing showing the low inertia slipper wheel adapted to a stiffer crankshaft. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||